Seat-iron for carriage-tops.



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PATENT-ED APR. 12,1904;

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SEAT IRON FOR CARRIAGE TOPS.

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" UNITED STATES Patented April 12, 1904.

HENRY O. SWAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SEAT-IRON FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,363, dated April 12, 1904;

Application filed NovemberZO, 1902. Serial No. 132,147.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I,HnNRY O. SWAN, of Cleveland, Ouyahoga county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Seat-Iron for Carriage-Seats,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved iron arranged for the front seat of a surrey with a canopy-top. Fig. 2isa similar view of the same iron with theupper portion changed to receive an extension-top. Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing the rear seat of the surrey with the irons arranged for a canopy-top. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing parts of the irons changed for an extension-top. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a front-seat iron. Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 7 is a perspective View showing the arrangement of the seat trimming and iron.

My invention relates to the seat-irons for supporting carriage-tops, such as in surries, phaetons, &c.; and the object of the invention is to provide the irons with removable and interchangeable parts which may be arranged for either an extension-top or a canopytop after the seats are trimmed and the body portion of the irons covered.

It frequently occurs in thesale of carriages or vehicles having tops that owing to a large demand for one style of top the vehicles ironed for the other style of top cannot be used, owing to the fact that it is impossible to change the irons on the seat after the seat has been trimmed and finished ready for the top.

My invention overcomes this difficulty; andit consists in providing the seat-irons with removable and interchangeable portions, so that they may be arranged for either a canopytop or an extension-top after the seat is trimmed and finished.

Referring to the drawings, in Fig. 1 Ishow the front seat of a surrey, 2 being the seatframe, and 3 the seat-panel, to which is secured the supporting or body portion of the iron, this preferably being made adjust-able for difiierent heights of seat-panel by forming the lower portion 4: with a recess 5 and a (N0 model.)

strap 6 to receive the upper portions 7, which are held therein bybolt 8. The iron 7 is preferably enlarged at 8 and provided with a screw-hole, and it terminates at the top in a socket 9, which is hollow and open at the outer end, the inner end having a bolt-hole, which. is preferably threaded. In this figure I show a removable canopy-top socket 10 with lamp-finger and arranged to receive a canopytop, this iron having a hollow sleeve which fits within the cavity in the socket 9. This cavity is preferably rounded in its upper portion to fit the trimming more neatly and is provided with a flat lower .face, which prevents rotationof the iron 10. The iron is secured in place by a set-screw 11, which extends through a hole in the sleeve and engages the screw-threaded hole at the rear of the socket-cavity.

In Fig. 2 I show the same seat and iron with the support proper interchanged and replaced bya gooseneck-iron 12, having a lampfinger and adapted to receive an extensiontop. This iron is provided with a projecting sleeve, which enters the socket 9 and is secured by the set-screw 11, thus changing the iron as a whole and adapting it for an extension-top.

In Fig. 3 I show the rear seat of a surrey arranged to receive a canopy-top, 13 being the seat-frame, and 14 the seat-panel. The iron 15, secured to the seat-panel and seatframe, is substantially the same as the body portion of the iron of Fig. 1, and the socketcavity is indicated by dotted lines, being arranged to receive the front portion of the canopy-support at the rear seat. 16 is a strap secured to the back panel 17 of the seat, this having a laterally-projectingsocket 18, which receives the removable iron 19, arranged for the canopy-top. This iron is also provided with a sleeve entering the socket and secured by set-screw 20.

In Fig. 4 I show the irons of Fig. 3 with a gooseneck-iron 21 for an extension-top held within the socket of the front iron. The corresponding prop-iron 22 for the rear portion of the extension-top is placed and secured in the socket 18 instead of the iron 19 of Fig. 3;

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show a canopy-top socket 10 Without a lamp -'finger being otherwise similar to the form of Fig. 1. These figures show the socket arrangement more clearly.

In Fig. 7 I show one arrangement of the seat-trimming, 23 being the padded side portion of the seat, and 2A the leather beading, which extends over the rounded top of the socket. In this figure I show the iron without a lamp-finger, as these irons are made in both forms, with and without-a lamp-supporting finger.

The advantages of my invention result from the capacity for changing the irons to receive either a canopy-top or an extension-top after the seat has been trimmed and completed, thus giving the advantage of adapting the same vehicle for either style of top.

The shape and arrangement of the irons and their removable portions may be varied widely, and the irons may be adapted to any style of vehicle having atop within the scope of my invention, since I consider myself the first to devise an interchangeable system, which may be altered after the seat is trimmed or whenever desired without removing the body portion of the irons.

I claim- 1. A seat-iron for carriage-tops, comprising a body portion arranged to fit against the inner side of the seat-panel and .having an outward horizontally-projecting hollow socket with an inner angular portion, a removable supporting-iron for the top having a horizontally projecting angular plug portion arranged to fit in the socket, and means for securing the parts together; substantially as de- Z scribed.

scribed.

a removable supporting-iron for the top having a hollow angular plug arranged to fit in the socket, and a set-screw extending through the parts and engaging the screw-threaded hole of the socket; substantially as described.

3. A seat-iron for carriage-tops, comprising a body portion arranged to be secured to the inner side of the seat-panel and a removable supporting-iron for the top, one of said parts having a horizontally-projecting socket with an angular cavity open at its outer end, and the other having a horizontally-projecting angular portion arranged to fit in the cavity, and means for securing the parts together; substantially as described.

4:. A seat-iron for carriage-tops, comprising a body portion arranged to be secured to the inner side of'the panel and having an outwardly and horizontally projecting upper end portion and a removable canopy-top socket, one of said parts having a socket portion with aztapered angular cavity and the other havinga tapered horizontally-extending plug arranged to fit in the-cavity, and means for securing the plug within the angular socket; substantially as described.

5. In seat-irons for carriage-tops, a seat-iron set comprising a body portion arranged to be permanently secured to the inner face of the seat-panel, and a pair of removable irons, one

being arranged for a canopy-top and the other for an extension-top, the body portion and the removable irons being arranged with an angular plug-and-socket connection, whereby the seat may be adapted to either a canopytop or an extension-top; substantially as de- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' HENRY C. SWAN. Witnesses:

ERIGH KATH, EMIL W. JArrE. 

